Court strikes out ex-Boko Haram’s spokesman’s N500m damages suit

A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama, on Thursday,
struck out a N500 million aggravated suit filed by a former
spokesman for Boko Haram, Ali Konduga.

Justice Samira Bature struck out the suit following an
application for discontinuance filed by Konduga’s counsel, Mr
Mohammed Tola, dated October 7 and filed on October 8.

Bature noted that the respondents had earlier pointed out that
the court had no jurisdiction to handle the matter and with the
motion for discontinuance by the applicant, the suit was struck
out.

Konduga dragged the Director General, Department of Security
Services and the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of
Justice to court over alleged breach of his fundamental rights.

On October 3, Mr Emmanuel Edu, holding the brief of Mr Mohammed
Tola, counsel for Konduga told the court that he (Konduga) intended
to discontinue the suit.

Mrs Clementine Nebo, counsel for the Attorney General of the
Federation did not object to the notice of withdrawal but said, a
proper motion should be presented to the court.

In view of this, Konduga ‘s counsel then prayed for a short
adjournment to enable them to file a motion for withdrawal.

Konduga through his counsel, Mr Mohammed Tola, filed a suit,
alleging that he was kept in detention for an extra three years
after serving his three-year jail term before he was released in
2016.

(NAN)